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Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral
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Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral

CARTHAGE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisia bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a…
150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast
Middle East

150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast

CAIRO (AP) — Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned on Thursday after…
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
Middle East

Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped shape his country’s democratic transition after a 2011 revolution ended…
Tunisian President Essebsi has died: presidency
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Tunisian President Essebsi has died: presidency

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy…
Libyan warplane lands on road in southern Tunisia
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Libyan warplane lands on road in southern Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Libyan warplane landed on Monday on a road in the southern Tunisian town of Beni Khadash,…
Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia
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Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) – Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the next parliamentary…
Gaddafi’s prime minister to be released for medical care abroad
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Gaddafi’s prime minister to be released for medical care abroad

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The man who served as Libya’s prime minister for the final five years of dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s…
CAPMAS: Trade exchange between Egypt, African countries $6.9 bn
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CAPMAS: Trade exchange between Egypt, African countries $6.9 bn

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the trade exchange between Egypt and African countries reached…
Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa
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Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa

An Italian coast guard ship has brought ashore 55 migrants who were rescued in waters off the island of Lampedusa on…
The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia
Middle East

The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia

CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on migrants from Libya (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The U.N. migration agency says a…
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